Generalintendant Hermann Rühmekorf Born: 26 May 1893 in Mahleiten Died: 04 Sep 1968 in Kassel Promotions:
Leutnant (28 Jun 1915); Gerichts-Referendar (28 Jun 1919); Gerichts-Assessor (17 Oct 1922); Regierungs-Assessor (01 Jun 1924); Regierungsrat (01 Oct 1924); Oberregierungsrat (01 Jul 1935); Ministerialrat (01 Jul 1937); Luftgau-Intendant (01 Oct 1939); General-Intendant (20 Feb 1940) Career:
Law-Studies at the Universities of Freiburg in Breisgau, Munich and Göttingen (1911-00 Aug 1914)
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker, Platoon and Company Leader in the 79th Infantry-Regiment, with the Field-Recruitment-Depot of the 20th Infantry-Division and with the Staff of the 20th Infantry-Division (16 Aug 1914-31 Mar 1919)
Retired (31 Mar 1919)
1st Legal State-Examination (28 Jun 1919)
Referendar in Preparatory-Service with Local-Court Goslar, with the District-Court then with the Public Prosecutor's Office Hildesheim and with the Local-Court Hildesheim (13 Jul 1919-24 Oct 1922)
2nd Legal State-Examination (17 Oct 1922)
Entered State Service as Gerichtsassessor with the Local-Court Hildesheim and with the Local-Court Hannover (24 Oct 1922-31 Jan 1923)
Assessor with the Tax-Office Braunschweig-City then Gandersheim (01 Feb 1923-30 Nov 1924)
Regierungsrat at the Tax-Office Gandersheim (01 Dec 1924-24 Sep 1925)
Regierungsrat at the Tax-Office Bremen (25 Sep 1925-31 Oct 1933)
Chief of the Tax-Offices for Real Estate Properties, Berlin (01 Nov 1933-19 Feb 1935)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as Regierungsrat/Ministerialrat in the RLM (20 Jul 1936-30 Jun 1939)
Detached as Air-Region-Intendant VI (01 Jul 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Air-Region-Intendant VI (01 Oct 1939-31 Oct 1940)
Air-Region-Intendant West France (01 Nov 1940-14 Sep 1943)
Air-Fleet-Intendant 2 (15 Sep 1943-30 Apr 1944)
Air-Fleet-Intendant 1 (01 May 1944-07 Nov 1944)
Intendant of Luftwaffe-Command West (08 Nov 1944-13 Jan 1945)
Air-Region-Intendant XVI (14 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
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